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lóu

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lóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lóu | lou2
English translation
skull, skeleton

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About lóu

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bone

Etymology of lóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

骨娄

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and lóu represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using lóu

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最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo de zài 墓碑 mù bēi shǎng de 骷髅 kū lóu 交叉 jiāochā de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng de 天使 tiān shǐ suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

骷髅 kū lóu dǎo , Dōng 南东 piān Dōng .

Skeleton Island E . S . E . and by E.

de 身子 shēn zi liǎn hěn Xiāng pèi , shòu 得象骷髅 kū lóu .

His face matched his body, and was lean, almost cadaverous.

Words with lóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
骷髅 kū lóu human skeleton骷髏
lóu skull

lóu Decomposition & Compounds

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